Thursday, March 13, 2014

Clock Face Table

Last week I got lucky when I was out and about and I found this wonderful round occasional table. It was in good condition except that the finish screamed mid century and that's not my look at all.My husband was kind enough to paint the bottom with my favorite aqua color and the top got a coat of Old White.

I scoured Pinterest for some "pinsperation" and combined several of the clocks into one design for my sweet little project. I had the stencils, the rubber stamps, the graphics and I knew I wanted an old world feel.

I had this lion image, which I'm not even sure where I found it, but it was black and white. I used Picasa to convert it to sepia tone and did my reverse decoupage treatment. The rest of this table was done with various stencils.

I stenciled the Roman numerals on first and then I added the small compass numbers underneath the larger numbers. I found in my rubber stamps this fleur de lis stamp that you see on the outer edge by the Roman numerals.

I used an inexpensive line stencil to draw the lines on the edge of the design and then used the word "Paris" and the date from some of my Maison de Stencils.

I stuck to the brown tones and a tiny bit of charcoal to keep my sepia tone going. I cheated a little bit on the clock hands by printing out a graphic I found on Pinterest and then I just traced it onto my piece and filled it in with the brown paint. Use pencil if you try this, not ink.

When I was happy with the look of the table top I gave it a good heavy sanding to give the whole table a worn, aged look. Lastly, it got a clear coat to seal in the design.I've been wanting to do a clock face table for it seems like forever. I'm so glad I gave it a try. I love the results.Thanks for stopping by.I party at these beautiful blogs.French Country CottageMy Romantic HomeMiss Mustard SeedCommon GroundThe Charm of Home

23 comments:

Meggy, you're leaving me breathless. So fabulous. Have to try it with my old round table in the garden. If it's working out it can come in the house again!Have a wonderful time and all the best from AustriaElisabeth

It turned out just fabulous Maggie!I use the same clock handles from the Graphics Fairy for my clock faces too and simply trace them as well :)Beautiful table - think it'll mover very quickly :)Have a great weekendHugs,

This is really gorgeous! It looks like you put in a lot of work in all the details as well. What I love about this table is, I don't think I've seen one like it on pinterest! Is that possible?! Great job! Saying hello from furniture feature friday!

You have such beautiful stuff!I wanted to let you know that I nominated your for LEIBSTER AWARD.. for blogger who works hard itsphilosphy of Pay Forward, rewarding blogger for good work! go to my blog page http://www.simplenaturedecorblog.com/simple-nature-decor-inspiring-stuff/you can read it and its a wonderful I was excited that another blogger took the time to nominated me.Its a really nice award to have on your blog.. Congrats and take care..Maria

Your clock face table turned out so much prettier than mine, but after having to redo the numbering 3 times, I called it good,,,it didn't even get hands. Lol Yours has so much pretty detail & I love the blue color!

You and me both - wanting to make a clock face table - and now you've done it and I haven't. I'm slow to catch on...I don't know if you remember Debbie Travis, but one of her books had a large clock table. I've wanted to make one ever since then - like 20 years ago. Damn. That makes me feel lazy...

Really, really well done! The round tables are harder to find. I was lucky enough to find a plant stand at my favourite used furniture store, and did a similar design. The table sold immediately, and then I wondered if I should have kept the sweet table for myself. Oh well, on to the next challenge. Love your inspiration!

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About Me

Hi, my name is Maggie. I have worked in the legal field for 27 years, but my real passion is finding treasures and restoring or repurposing them. I love everything French. I have been a dealer in different antique malls for the past 12 years and for the past six years have been a dealer at Aubergine Emporium in Simi Valley, California. I am also a vendor at The Little French Flea Market in Tarzana, California. I absolutely love the hunt.